Arts & EntertainmentCherokee Nation
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Cherokee Nation Tribal Council honors Cherokee citizen, internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Barbara McAlister (5/21/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- Tribal Councilors recognized Cherokee Nation citizen and internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Barbara McAlister during Monday night’s monthly...
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Tribal Council honors Cherokee citizen, famed mezzo-soprano Barbara McAlister (5/18/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilors recognized Cherokee citizen and internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Barbara McAlister during Monday night's...
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Hard Rock
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Collective Soul and Gin Blossoms head to Hard Rock for a double dose of ’90s nostalgia (5/20/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- Back in the mid-'90s, modern rock ruled the radio. The arrival of grunge a few years earlier had led to an explosion in alt-flavored rock, and it...
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Experience Hendrix Tour bringing music artists to Hard Rock (5/14/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- The “Experience Hendrix Tour” is bringing a critically acclaimed concert experience to The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Oct. 19.
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Hard Rock Sioux City gets memorabilia overhaul, unveils more than 50 new pieces (5/3/2019)
(Iowa) -- Chances are people will never confuse Hard Rock Hotel & Casino marketing director Mike Adams with KISS's Gene Simmons. But he did look cool with the...
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Hard Rock Hotel and Casino revamps music memorabilia collection (5/3/2019)
(Iowa) -- It’s like getting a glimpse of a moment in music history. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Sioux City, is receiving a nearly complete overhaul of its...
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Get 'Zany' at Hard Rock this week (5/2/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- You know someone was born to tell jokes when their last name is "Zany." Such is the case with Bob Zany, a seasoned veteran of the comedy...
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Las Vegas Gaming
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Céline Dion & James Corden Recreate Titanic in Las Vegas' Bellagio Fountains for Carpool Karaoke (5/20/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- On Monday, Céline Dion joined The Late Late Show host James Corden for the latest episode of the car singing series — and the acclaimed performer...
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Over-the-top Las Vegas steak to satisfy share-plate critics (5/17/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- At MB Steak inside Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, this dry-aged, seven-boned tomahawk serves 12. Unlike your average steakhouse steak order, however, sides...
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Las Vegas rodeo and parade celebrate city’s Wild West roots (5/8/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- Long before casinos and A-list residencies, Las Vegas was a dusty desert town in the Wild West. The city celebrates that bygone era this weekend with...
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Marijuana Lounges Are Coming To Las Vegas Where You’ll Be Able To Rip Heady Bong Hits But It’s Not As Great As It Sounds (5/8/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- The state of Nevada opened its doors to legalized recreational marijuana back in 2017 meaning that anyone who is 21-years or older can purchase cannabis (...
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Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas: Sin City landmark turns 60 (5/6/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- In this town where cocktail parties celebrate implosions of the old to make space for the new, this artifact has endured. Sin City's equivalent of the...
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Cosmopolitan releases Dive In Movies schedule on Las Vegas Strip (5/6/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- Finally, those Strip parking fees are starting to pay off. Anyone attending Dive In Movies this summer at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas can get a free...
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Woodstock 50: Las Vegas Bookmakers Lay Odds On Whether the Fest Will Go On (5/2/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- It’s not just amateurs who look at the ongoing imbroglio over the Woodstock 50 festival and think: What are the odds that it ends up being a go? Don...
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Meet the professional gambler from Las Vegas who's shattering 'Jeopardy!' records, just tied for the third-longest winning streak of all time, and has taken home $1.4 million in 19 days (5/1/2019)
(USA) -- Current reigning “Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer knows how to play the odds – the 34-year-old professional sports gambler is on a 19-day...
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BLOG: The 5 Fine Arts of Las Vegas (4/29/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- Most people come to Las Vegas for the Strip and the casino experience. However, unknown to many, the city is a great destination for art. Here are five...
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Russell Means
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Portrait of the late Russell Means fetches $6.3 million at auction (5/20/2019)
(New York) -- An iconic portrait of the late American Indian Movement activist Russell Means went for $6.3 million at an auction last week. The American Indian (Russell...
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Donald Trump
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Trump’s casino years: a blockbuster disaster movie (5/18/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- As a top adviser to Jeb Bush’s failed 2016 presidential campaign, Mike Murphy was unable to convince Republican voters that Donald Trump was a...
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Oklahoma Gaming
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Tulsa casinos are perfect venues for old rockers (5/18/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- Joe Mack and I agree on several things, but probably the most important is this: People who don't like music are serious goobers - and not the kind of...
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Poarch Creek
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Mama June Is Allegedly ‘Living’ At A Casino With Troubled Boyfriend Geno Doak (5/18/2019)
(Alabama) -- Mama June is completely ignoring judge’s orders, family warnings, and quite frankly — common sense. The ‘From Not to Hot’ star is...
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A water park in a Bethlehem Steel building? How the plan compares to Kalahari and others near the Lehigh Valley. (5/17/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- A cavernous Bethlehem Steel building could make the transition from machine shop to water park under plans from the prospective buyer of the Sands...
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Mama June Keeping Up Her Gambling Habit, Allegedly Living at Alabama Casino (5/16/2019)
(Alabama) -- Mama June still has the gambling itch ... so much so, she's allegedly shacking up in an Alabama casino with her boyfriend. The reality TV star was...
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Foxwoods
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Bill Maher, Sinbad amuse at separate Foxwoods venues (5/17/2019)
(Connecticut) -- Foxwoods Casino has two big theaters, and May 25 each of them has a comedian who’s been consistently popular since the 1980s. Bill Maher spent the...
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Nevada Gaming
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Stateline Could Get a New Event Center Along Highway 50 (5/17/2019)
(Nevada) -- The TDVA presented a preliminary summary of their study on the possible benefits of a six-thousand-seat center to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners...
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Buffalo & Bison
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The Buffalo Hunt Documentary About Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Out June 21 (5/15/2019)
(South Dakota) -- The Buffalo Hunt is an intimate and visceral portrait of one of the most extreme places in the Western Hemisphere- the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,...
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Mohegan Sun
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Logic, Foreigner, Franki Valli and Four Seasons coming to Mohegan (5/15/2019)
(Connecticut) -- A long list of musical acts and performances coming to Mohegan this summer.
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Of Monsters And Men Play Mohegan Sun Sept. 7 (5/15/2019)
(Connecticut) -- Today, multi-platinum Icelandic quintet Of Monsters and Men announce their North American fall Fever Dream tour in support of their new album Fever...
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Bryan Adams & Billy Idol Co-Headline Mohegan Sun Show (5/3/2019)
(Connecticut) -- This summer, two rock legends – Bryan Adams and Billy Idol – will hit the road together for an epic run of U.S. co-headlining dates....
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Lumbee Tribe
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Lumbee Film Festival is Thursday, Friday at UNCP (5/13/2019)
(North Carolina) -- The second installment of the Lumbee Film Festival will be Thursday and Friday at Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub at The University of North Carolina...
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Cultural Appropriation
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Indigenous Music Awards arrive under cloud of cultural appropriation controversy (5/12/2019)
(Winnipeg) -- The Indigenous Music Awards will take the Club Regent Event Centre stage May 17, pushing several compelling stories into the spotlight. It’s the 12th...
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MMIW
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Navajo activist celebrates new attention on murdered, missing Native women (5/12/2019)
(Arizona) -- Debbie Nez-Manuel was 3 years old when her mother disappeared from their home on the Navajo Nation. She turned up dead a few weeks later about an hour...
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Portraits preserve memories of missing, murdered indigenous women (5/5/2019)
(Alaska) -- Amber Webb looks at the white kuspuk that stands 20 feet tall and is 8 feet wide while serving as a back drop in a room used by the House Special Committee...
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Red sand spread across Great Falls to represent human trafficking and MMIW (5/3/2019)
(Montana) -- A rally to raise awareness for human trafficking and missing and murdered indigenous women was held in Great Falls Friday. Mayor Bob Kelly proclaimed May 3...
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Missing, murdered women: Artist tries to make crisis feel real (5/2/2019)
(Alaska) -- Yupik artist Amber Webb is using a Sharpie to bring people face-to-face with a nationwide crisis. Years ago, a family friend of Webb’s went missing,...
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Pascua Yaqui
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Mother Nature puts kibosh on George Lopez's AVA show (5/11/2019)
(Arizona) -- Just before comedian George Lopez was about to go on the AVA at Casino del Sol stage Saturday night, Mother Nature pulled a fast one, delivering lightening...
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Tucsonan's comic book unearths activists' role in Pasqua Yaqui sovereignty (5/3/2019)
(Arizona) -- Ramon Jaurigue’s name isn’t mentioned in any histories about the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, but the Tucson native and World War II veteran played a key...
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Atlantic City Gaming
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Are Atlantic City casinos cashing in on Vans Warped Tour? (5/10/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- The final weekend in June is shaping up to be a major tourism draw and the resort’s nine casinos have priced their hotel rooms accordingly. The...
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Seminole Tribe
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First Member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida Named Miss Indian World (5/10/2019)
(Florida) -- Cheyenne Kippenberger, 23, of Hollywood, Fla. has won the prestigious Miss Indian World competition, becoming the first member of the Seminole Tribe of...
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Comanche Nation
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Comanche Nation Entertainment holds job fair (5/8/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- Comanche Nation Entertainment is looking for new employees and they held a job fair Wednesday to help with the process. The Comanche Red River Hotel Casino...
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LGBTQ
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Deaf, two-spirited Indigenous painter in Regina uses art to overcome challenges (5/8/2019)
(Saskatchewan) -- Torrie Ironstar has not spoken a word in the 33 years he has been alive. Ironstar was born deaf. He likes to tease and share jokes, but does so through...
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Arielle Twist explores grief in her poetry and finds a home in the Indigenous arts community (4/29/2019)
(Canada) -- Disintegrate/Dissociate marks a powerful debut for Arielle Twist, a young two-spirit transgender writer from George Gordon First Nation. The Cree poet first...
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Shoshone-Bannock
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A treaty brokered ‘In Good Faith’ (5/8/2019)
(Idaho) -- In 1868, Chief Tendoy—the leader of a mixed band of Shoshone, Bannock and Sheepeaters in southwest Montana—negotiated a treaty “in good...
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Wynn Boston Harbor
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Pump the brakes on late night casino cocktails (5/8/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- When the Encore Boston Harbor casino opens next month, bottles of booze should not be opened past 2 a.m. — at least for the shakedown period.
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Agua Caliente
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This circus show at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa includes a clown on a high wire and motorcycle stunts (5/7/2019)
(California) -- You might say the circus is in Misha Matorin’s blood. Matorin, now a circus show producer after a successful career performing in both a Moscow...
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First Nations
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'It's amazing to me': Meet the Inuk elder in this photo shared around the world (5/6/2019)
(North Canada) -- Helen Konek enters her igloo, walking down the steps carved from ice. The 17-year-old stares ahead into the camera. She's framed by the entrance,...
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Navajo Nation
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Program's workshops carry on Navajo art, cultural knowledge (5/5/2019)
(New Mexico) -- Darrell Yazzie Jr. ironed out ribbons of various colors before assembling an intricate pattern to adorn the tobacco pouch he was sewing on Friday. Yazzie...
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Ocean Resort Casino
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Ocean Casino Resort in AC to shed Royal Jelly burlesque nightclub. Speakeasy-style lounge to take its place. (5/2/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- Amid sweeping changes less than a year after it reopened, the Ocean Casino Resort is saying goodbye to its burlesque club. Ivan Kane’s Royal...
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Oneida Nation
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Classic rock band Foreigner bringing tour to Turning Stone (5/2/2019)
(New York) -- With 10 multi-platinum albums and 16 Top 30 hits, Foreigner will be taking their show to Turning Stone Resort Casino at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in the Event...
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Chumash Tribe
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Staycation: Chumash Casino Resort (4/30/2019)
(California) -- Swag pays, sometimes. And sometimes when you least expect it. Golden swag suddenly showed up in a desk drawer corner recently in the form of gift...
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Mille Lacs Band
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Mille Lacs Indian Museum May events (4/29/2019)
(Minnesota) -- Learn the art of loom beading in a hands-on program Saturday, May 4 from noon-5 p.m. Create a design, string it on a loom, and learn how to apply the loom...
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Other News
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Entertainment on any given night at Seven Feathers Casino Resort (5/19/2019)
(Oregon) -- The primary goal of Seven Feathers Casino Resort is to entertain people no matter what day they decide to come, according to Harold Phillips, entertainment...
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Alberta Indigenous artisans selected to participate in trade mission to Tokyo (5/19/2019)
(Alberta) -- Three First Nation entrepreneurs from Alberta will join others from across Canada to showcase their art and culture in Japan in July. Founded by two First...
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Montreal gallery strings beadwork from past to now in new exhibition (5/18/2019)
(Montreal) -- Beading on paper can be a difficult task, making sure the paper doesn't tear. "You can't go fast," said Sylvain Rivard. "You just...
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Penelakut filmmaker Steve Sxwithul’txw finds success in film and TV (5/18/2019)
(British Columbia) -- Penelakut filmmaker Steve Sxwithul’txw is living a life he couldn’t imagine as a youth. The Victoria resident is a man with many projects on the go...
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Interview and video: Cherokee actor and Oklahoma native Wes Studi talks about Westerns before appearing as host of HDNET Movies series (5/17/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- 'The American mythology': Cherokee actor Wes Studi helps tell the story of the West in his film roles Wes Studi has played memorable roles as a...
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Why So Many Artists Have Been Drawn to New Mexico (5/17/2019)
(New Mexico) -- Georgia O’Keeffe had an unexpected train detour to thank for her first encounter with New Mexico. Little did she know, it was the land that would free...
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BOOK: ‘Girl Gone Missing’ riveting mystery, tale of tribal hardships (5/17/2019)
(Minnesota) -- Renee Blackbear is a regular at the bars and pool halls that line the streets of Fargo-Moorhead as well as the farm towns along the Red River. She chain-...
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Third-world conditions a reality even for Indigenous artists, Attawapiskat musician says (5/16/2019)
(Ontario) -- Adrian Sutherland wants you to know that being in a successful Indigenous rock band is not all about the glamour and fame. Sutherland, who fronts the...
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Dave Matthews Band plays a seamless show at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (5/16/2019)
(Ohio) -- A slightly cool breeze, a nearly full moon, and the eclectic sounds of Dave Matthews Band wafting over the all-ages crowd for two and a half hours made for a...
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Lights, camera, action: 9-year-old Saskatoon performer catching attention of Hollywood agents (5/15/2019)
(Saskatchewan) -- A young member of Saskatchewan's Little Pine First Nation has made some big steps toward breaking into the acting world.
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First Ever Native American Animation Panel Set for May 23rd (5/14/2019)
(California) -- The LA Skins Fest, a Native American film festival, in partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Company, and Cartoon Network, announced...
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Former foster kids reclaim Indigenous culture through fashion (5/14/2019)
(British Columbia) -- A group of Indigenous youth from British Columbia is taking their high-fashion designs down under. The ten youth, who were all formerly in the...
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Midnight Shine’s Next Music Video: Leather Skin to Debut at Yorkton Film Festival (5/14/2019)
(Ontario) -- Midnight Shine’s third music video will receive its debut the old-fashioned way… at a film festival! The 2019 Yorkton Film Festival will present the...
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Santa Fe Through the Eyes of a Minnesota Chippewa Artist (5/14/2019)
(California) -- The American Southwest frequently appears in artist David Bradley’s work as a fever dream of lived experiences, Native American histories, mythic figures...
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Documentary tells Lakota John’s story (5/13/2019)
(North Carolina) -- Local up-and-coming American Indian blues musician Lakota John Locklear, who performs under the name “Lakota John,” will be featured Wednesday in a...
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Penelakut filmmaker Steve Sxwithul’txw finds success in film and TV (5/12/2019)
(British Columbia) -- Penelakut filmmaker Steve Sxwithul’txw is living a life he couldn’t imagine when he was younger. Sxwithul’txw is a man with many projects on the go...
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Inuit artists featured for 1st time at Venice Art Biennale (5/11/2019)
(Italy) -- In April 1961, on a bright, snow-swept Arctic horizon in Kapuivik, on Baffin Island, a small group of Inuit led by elder Noah Piugattuk had stopped for tea...
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Throat singing club: 'It gives you a sense of where you come from' (5/11/2019)
(Canada) -- When Elizabeth Ryan heard girls throat singing on the playground at Nakasuk Elementary School she knew there was an opportunity to build on their skills and...
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KSUT tribal radio station ready to make a move in Ignacio (5/10/2019)
(New Mexico) -- The struggle and excitement of music discovery has vanished with streaming services. Unearthing Native American music was even more of a challenge in the...
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Museum Minute: The National Indian Gallery (5/10/2019)
(Wyoming) -- In the 1820s, Native American diplomats traveled to Washington D.C. to negotiate peace deals with Americans. During that time period, the Superintendent of...
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